First light - Evostar 80ED

[brendant]

First clear break in the clouds last night since I got it two weeks ago, have to say I am really impressed with this scope. Had a quick visual tour then managed to image M51 whilst I was waiting for M13 to clear the trees.

Taken with Evostar ED80 Pro, unmodded 400D on EQ5 Skyscan mount, Baader Neodymium LPR filter, M51 = 15 x 120 secs, M13 = 15 x 60 seconds all at ISO 800, M92 = 6 x 60 sec @ ISO1600.

Brendan

[blinky]

Very nice M51 is next on my list

[beamish]

Well that seems to be doing the trick! Nice one

Karlo

[CELESCOPE]

Nice one Brendan ,some good images there , bet you are pleased with those results

Rog

[zhgutas]

simply loove the first one! very very nice WF shot! couple other galaxies there too. congrats

Marius

[brendant]

Thanks guys, really impressed with the results from this scope, so much easier to use than the Newt, certainly lighter lugging it in and out to the garden,

Need to get some flats with the light pollution filter in place as processing is a bit of a pain, had another attempt at processing M51 as the two above have colour casts, hope they look a bit better.

Brendan

[centroid]

Nice work indeed Brendan!!

There's no doubt that the ED80 is a very capable scope, and super value for money too.

Dave

[Sam]

Very nice images - I like them all! The detail on the cropped M51 is great!

[saturn5]

Great images Brendan,especially like the cropped M51,nice colour and detail. 8)

[MartinB]

Great first lights Brendan and excellent processing with the re-edits

[brendant]

Thanks again guys, even these shots were only quickly acquired I am really impressed with the quality of them especially the resolution on the cropped image, certainly a nice portable scope that works well on an EQ5 with a DSLR, makes a really nice imaging setup.

Brendan